Tag Archives: Barry Greenstein

Daily 3-Bet: Olympic Snub, Gold Tips, WCOOP Deets

Today in the 3-Bet we bring you sad news for people promoting poker as an Olympic event, rad news for players looking to cash in on Jamie Gold’s poker experience and a look at the upcoming World Championship of Online Poker on PokerStars.com.
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WSOP 2012: Coren and Greenstein are going to be just fine

Vicky Coren and Barry Greenstein are going to be just fine. I realised this after half an hour spent watching them both. They’re on adjacent tables, making the gap between them a perfect vantage point to watch their demise, or, if questioned, to see … Continue reading

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WSOP 2012: Come together…over Day 3

You should know this: there are two chimpanzees loose in Las Vegas. Running rampant. Police officers have already fired their weapons once. A school is on lockdown. The people of Las Vegas are being asked to stay in their homes.

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WSOP 2012: Negreanu, Katchalov and Selbst lead Team Pro survivors

World Series of Poker play moved into the second day today, or the first of the second days, which was in fact the fourth day of play in the WSOP Main Event. It’s complicated. This was the combination of Days 1A and 1B, some 2,044 strong, and as the fi… Continue reading

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WSOP 2012: A house divided

They will be in the same building…playing in the same tournament…on the same day…at the same time. But they won’t ever see each other. For the first time (that we know of) in WSOP history, the Day 1A and Day 1B flights will play on the same day b… Continue reading

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Mahalo’s Jason Calacanis Q&A: ‘I Want to Play the Big One Next Year’

Calacanis is one of the biggest players in the online business world and has an impressive resume that includes founding Weblogs, Inc. and human-search engine Mahalo.com.
The 41-year-old is a huge poker fan and even appeared on PokerStars Big Game with… Continue reading

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St-Pierre, Negreanu Check in on WSOP Main Event Day 1b

A total of 2,114 players bought into Day 1b, which is up from the 985 in 2011, but it’s worth noting there are only three starting days this year so that might be part of the reason for the increase.
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WSOP 2012: Team Pro report card

We’re nearly finished with the 2012 World Series of Poker and several Team PokerStars Pros have made huge scores.

Kicking off the series strong was Vanessa Selbst, who was able to pull off a 4th place finish in Event #2: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em for $1… Continue reading

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2012 WSOP, Preliminary Action: Final Ten Determined In PLO Hi/Lo, Unique Ante Only Event Draws Nice Field

Amid the clamor around the Rio on Wednesday, the 2012 World Series of Poker had three tournaments that were in various stages of their play. The final table has been determined in one with a second getting close to that point, while a third event made its debut on the WSOP stage. Event #47 – [...] Continue reading

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WSOP 2012: Ignore this post

Once or twice a year, I get really paranoid. I’m afraid to look Team PokerStars Pros in the face. I get a sense they don’t want to shake hands with me (these people are in addition to germaphobes like Daniel Negreanu who avoid me at most times for heal… Continue reading

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